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Carding for care

New IDNYC connections to health care services

Making it official.

This hook-up is for health.

The city has announced it is adding even more benefits for IDNYC cardholders, this time to improve access to health care services.

Through a new partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), cardholders will be able to link their IDNYC number to their health care services during the patient registration process at NYC Health + Hospitals locations.

And starting this summer, New Yorkers can use their IDNYC card to access DOHMH immunization records. These benefits are expected to streamline patient registration and ease access to medical records.

The announcement of IDNYC’s linkage to health services was first made on April 21 by Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

“Every New Yorker deserves access to quality health care,” said de Blasio. “The IDNYC health benefits launching today will allow our more than 830,000 cardholders to use their ‘key to the city’ to unlock more streamlined access to our city’s health care system.”

At NYC Health + Hospitals, IDNYC cards will eventually serve as a registration card to help reduce wait times and provide patients with a convenient way to register, said city officials.

Once a patient’s IDNYC card number has been linked in the system, the patient can use the card during registration at any NYC Health + Hospitals patient care location.

The initial rollout has already started at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island, with plans to expand citywide throughout 2016 and 2017, officials said.

Beginning this summer, parents and guardians will be able to use an online DOHMN portal to access and print immunization records that are needed for Department of Education enrollment and verification, college admissions and camp enrollment.

“Our IDNYC is the most expansive municipal ID program in the country, providing tens of thousands of New Yorkers with safe, secure identification and access to essential services,” said Mark-Viverito. “Every New Yorker, regardless of immigration status, deserves the opportunity to build a stable, healthy life in our city, and this expansion will help countless families get the healthcare access they deserve.”

Cardholders will be able to link their IDNYC number to their health care services.

IDNYC will also serve as the membership card for all participants in ActionHealthNYC, a new health care access program with services based at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur, and community-based health centers.

ActionHealthNYC, designed to serve immigrant New Yorkers that currently do not have access to or qualify for health insurance, will offer low- or no-cost coordinated health care contingent upon income eligibility.

“IDNYC’s partnerships with NYC Health + Hospitals and DOHMH are integral to ensuring that the health needs of all New Yorkers are met, especially those in our most vulnerable communities,” said Herminia Palacio, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services.

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